African Americans Social conditions 1964-1975

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Eyes on the prize : America's civil rights years. Mississippi : is this America? (1962-64) -- E185.615 .E94 1986 V.5

Focuses on the continuing civil rights struggle in Mississippi. The story covers the voter registration drive during Freedom Summer in 1964 when students and others from the north came to Mississippi to implement black participation in the political process. Also includes the formation of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and their unsuccessful attempt to sit in at the 1964 Democatic Party

Eyes on the prize : America's civil rights years. Ain't scared of your jails 1960-1961 -- E185.615 .E94 1986 V.3

Focuses on two major events involving students in the civil rights struggle - the lunch counter sit-ins in the south (particularly Nashville, Tennessee) and the Freedom Riders trip from Washington D.C. to Mississippi. Included in the program is the formation of the Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee and the importance it played in these events.